Basic chords
The crossword clue "Basic chords" is answered by TRIADS, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRIADS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIADS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TRIADS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRIADS, most used first.
- Three-note chords - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Simple chords - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Threesomes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Groups of three - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Musical chords. - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Basic beliefs - TENETS, used 15 times
- Basic need - STAPLE, used 11 times
- Basic commodity - STAPLE, used 7 times
- Basic stuff - ALKALI, used 7 times
- Stone of "Basic Instinct" - SHARON, used 7 times
- Basic - PRIMAL, used 6 times
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